HILLSDALE — The Reading High School girls track team continued its success on Saturday, winning the Hillsdale Academy Regional held at Hillsdale College.

The Rangers win was the second Hillsdale County team to win a regional championship on the weekend. The Hillsdale boys team won the Quincy Regional Friday night.

The Rangers battled with the girls team from Pittsford throughout the day, edging them by a final of 129.25 to 121.50. Hillsdale Academy took third, while Camden took eighth and Waldron 13th.

Reading coach Deb Price said Saturday’s meet was a little scary because a few of the girls on the team were injured and couldn’t compete.

“We knew Pittsford had a good team,” she said. “It has been a great year, we have a talented group of girls.”

The Rangers have depth on the running side with the girls winning all the running events except the 3200-meter run, which was won by Ruth Letherer of Pittsford, and the 300-meter hurdles, which was won by Madi Gleckler of Morenci.

“We are still flying high with the win,” Price said.

Next up for the Rangers and other teams in the Big 8 is the conference meet Wednesday at Union City.

Price said her team is hoping to come away with a Big 8 conference championship.

The team will travel to Saugatuck on Saturday for the team state meet before preparing for the individual state qualifier meet on May 31 in Hudsonville.

“It looks like we will be seeded well going into the team state meet,” she said.

The boys regional champion was Sand Creek. The top Hillsdale County team was Reading finishing fifth, followed by Hillsdale Academy. Pittsford finished in eighth place followed by Waldron and Camden. Will Carleton Academy finished in thirteenth.

A complete list of results from Saturday’s Hillsdale Academy Regional can be found at http://michianatiming.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Results30.htm.

Page 2 of 2 - In Division 3, Hillsdale and Jonesville were at Quincy on Friday afternoon.

In the boys’ meet, Hillsdale took the regional championship with 115 points, while Jonesville was fifth with 48 points.

Hillsdale’s Austin Hawkins was regional champion in the long jump with a distance of 20’10.5"; the 800 relay team of Trevor Clevenger, Kyle Bernard, Cody Shaw and Jimmy Felske were regional champs in 1:33.01; Zach Hardway was regional champion in the 1600 meter run in 4:30.90 and in the 800 meter run (1:57.52); and Brock Eves was regional champion in the 3200 meter run in 9:51.29.

Jimmy Felske took second in the 100 meter dash in 11.16; the 400 relay team of Clevenger, Felske, Shaw and Hawkins were second in 45.06; Andrew Bixler-Smith was second in the 300 hurdles in 43.38; the 1600 relay team of Aaron Smith, Zach Hardway, Noah Hall and Jimmy Felske were second in 3:30.31; and the 3200 relay team of Brock Eves, Aaron Smith, Bryce Beilfuss and Zach Hardway were fourth, but advanced on time with an 8:26.29.

Jonesville’s Derek Bearden was second in the long jump (20’7.75"); Christian Jermeay was third in the shot with a toss of 47’8.5" that was good enough to advance to state; the 3200 relay team of Nick Font, Travis Sutton, Kiehl Smith and Ethan Lowry were third and advanced to state on time with an 8:25.03. The 400 relay team of Trent Powers, Josh Sanders, Derek Bearden and Tyler Bognar were third in 45.37 and advanced on time.

In the girls’ meet, Jonesville was sixth overall with 46.5 points and Hillsdale was 10th with 33. Hailey Nielsen was a three-time regional champion on the day, taking the top spot in the high jump (5’2"), long jump (16’11.75") and the 400 meter dash (59.10).

Hillsdale’s Maddie Richards was regional champion in the 3200 meter run in a time of 12:01.52. Alayna Thayer was third in the discus with a toss of 109’8", which was enough to advance to state based on distance.